John westgaeth



.(No ModeL) J. ESTGARTH.

Wire Fencin No. 239,128. Patented March 22,1881.

FIG I FIG 5 FIG 4 WITNESSES INVENTOH N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHIPGGTON. D C

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WESTGARTH, OF WARRINGTON, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,128, dated March 22, 1881,

Application filed October 6, 1880. (No model.) Patented in Great Britain July 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OHN WESTGAR-TH, of the town of Warrington,in the county of Lancaster, in that part of Her Majestys Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called England,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fencing, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 2,935, hearing date July 16, 1880;) and I do hereby declare the following to be adescription of my said inventionin such full, clear, and exact terms as to enable any one skilled in the arts to which it appertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon. Figure 1 is a cross-section of the rail of my fence; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are a side and edge view of one of the barbs. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show the rail with the barbs applied thereto, and also different forms of barbs. Fig. 8 shows the method of connecting the rails together and the link or coupling by which they are connected. My invention consists of a barbed rail composed of drawn wire (not rolled iron) having a groove drawn in its opposite sides, and slots or holes pierced in said grooves, with barbs fixed therein, and having its adjacent ends bent back and combined with and into a link or coupling for the purpose of locking them together. The form to which the wire is drawn is shown in section by Fig. 1. As many holes or slots are punched in the groove of the wire as may be thought desirable, as shown by a, Fig. 2. form shown in the ordinary Way of drawing wire, and the holes are punched by any suitable device or machine known to the art.

The barbs b 0 may be of the form shown by The wire is drawn to the V the drawings, or of any other suitable form, and they may be 'put in the slots or holes of the wire side by side, endwise, or sidewise, and bent in the proper form to constitute the barb, as shown by the drawings.

The link or coupling by which the ends of the rail are joined is shown by h, Fig. 7. It consists of a flat oblong piece of metal, in which four holes are bored, the ends of the rails being inserted in the two inner holes, and

the return ends in the two outer holes, substantially in the'manner shown by Fig. 7.

In concluding this specification of my invention, I have to say that I am aware that barbed-wire fencing is not new; neither is it new to make a barbed fence having a rail composed of rolled iron with a groove rolled in its opposite sides, and holes or slots punched in the grooves titted with barbs, and I do not, of course, claim such a fencing, or any part thereof but i What I do claim is- The improvement in barbed-wire fence hereinbefore described, which improvement consists of a barbed rail composed of a single drawn wire (not rolled iron) having a groove drawn in its opposite sides, and slots or holes pierced in said grooves, with barbs fitted therein, and having the ends of the adjacent rails bent back and combined with and passedv through a metal link, h, for the purpose of -lockin g them together, as shown and described.

JOHN WES'IGARTH. 

